Fyodor Shalyapin (ship)

The Fyodor Shalyapin (Russian: Фёдор Шаляпин) (former Kliment Voroshilov) was a Valerian Kuybyshev-class (92-016, OL400) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga basin. The ship was built by Slovenské Lodenice at their shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, and entered service in 1977. At 3,950 tonnes,^[3] Fyodor Shalyapin is one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Mikhail Frunze, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Sergey Kuchkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Fyodor Shalyapin was operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line. Her home port was Nizhny Novgorod.

Fyodor Shalyapin at pier in Samara, in 2012
History
Name	Fyodor Shalyapin: 1992–present Kliment Voroshilov: 1977–1992[1]
Owner	1977–1994: Volga Shipping Company (ГП Волжское объединённое речное пароходство МРФ РСФСР) 1994–2012: Volga Shipping Company (ОАО Волжское пароходство) 2012: OOO V. F. Passazhirskiye Perevozki (ООО В.Ф. Пассажирские перевозки) 2012–present: Vodohod[1]
Operator	Volga Shipping Company Volga–Flot–Tur Vodohod[1]
Port of registry	1977–1992: Gorky, Soviet Union 1992–2014: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Route	Samara – Kazan, Samara – Yaroslavl, Samara – Volgograd[2]
Builder	Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number	2002[1]
Laid down	1976
Completed	1977[3]
In service	1977
Out of service	November 2022
Identification	RRR number: 140656[3]
Fate	Scrapped by Chkalovsk shipyard in 2023
General characteristics
Class & type	Valerian Kuybyshev-class River cruise ship
Tonnage	6,329 GT[3] 607 DWT[3]
Displacement	3,950[3] t
Length	135.75 m (445.4 ft)[3][4]
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft)[3][5]
Draught	2.9 m (9.5 ft)[3]
Decks	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power	3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[3][4]
Propulsion	3 propellers[3]
Speed	26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity	347 passengers[3]
Crew	84[3]

Features

The ship has two restaurants, three bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.^[6]

See also

• List of river cruise ships